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Key facts
- Country
- Canada
- Province
- Quebec
- Region
- Gaspésie–, Îles-de-la-Madeleine
- Rcm
- La Côte-de-Gaspé
- Constituted
- January 1, 1971
- Mayor
- Daniel Côté
- Federal riding
- Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Listuguj
- Prov riding
- Gaspé
- Total
- 1,356.22 km (523.64 sq mi)
- Land
- 1,118.77 km (431.96 sq mi)
- Urban
- 7.05 km (2.72 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 34.10 m (111.9 ft)
- Density
- 13.5/km (35/sq mi)
- Urban density
- 545.8/km (1,414/sq mi)
- Pop 2016 21
- 3.4%
- Dwellings
- 7,352
- Time zone
- UTC−05:00 ( EST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−04:00 (EDT)
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Gaspé
- Demonym
- Gaspésienne
- Country
- Canada
- Population
- 15137
- Area
- 1121
- Elevation
- 34.10
- Capital of
- Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine
- Shares border with
- Murdochville
- Official website
- www.ville.gaspe.qc.ca
- Image
- Gaspé Centre-ville Nord.JPG
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- Commons category
- Gaspé
- topic's main category
- Category:Gaspé, Quebec
- twinned administrative body
- Puerto Montt
- inception
- 1873-12-09
- name
- Gespe'g
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Encyclopedic overview
Gaspé ( French pronunciation: [ɡaspe]) is a city at the tip of the Gaspé Peninsula in the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of eastern Quebec in Canada. Gaspé is about 650 km (400 mi) northeast of Quebec City and 350 km (220 mi) east of Rimouski. Gaspé has a total population of 15,063, as of the 2021 Canadian Census.
Gaspé is where Jacques Cartier took possession of New France (now part of Canada) in the name of François I of France on July 24, 1534.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gaspé” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.